Новости за 10.02.2016

MYRTLE BEACH ­— Coming off his third-place finish in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz assured supporters and reporters here that he’s the only candidate who can surmount front-runner Donald Trump.

MYRTLE BEACH ­—Coming off his third place finish in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz assured supporters and reporters alike that he’s the only candidate who can surmount frontrunner Donald Trump during his campaign stop in Myrtle Beach.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Financial regulators are warming up to new uses for "blockchain" technology, which promises tamper-proof communication and makes many types of transactions far more secure, Blythe Masters, the head of one firm in the market, told Reuters.

* SBM settled with Dutch, U.S. prosecutors for $240 mln in 2014

* SBM settled with Dutch, U.S. prosecutors for $240 mln in 2014

SPARTANBURG — Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told supporters there is a campaign life for him in South Carolina during a stop coming just hours after a disappointing fifth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary.

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SPARTANBURG — Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told supporters there is a campaign life for him in South Carolina during a stop coming just hours after a disappointing fifth place finish in the New Hampshire primary.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Two senior executives at India's Flipkart plan to leave, as the country's biggest e-commerce firm fights for market share with rivals including Amazon.com Inc and Snapdeal, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group.

The actress managed to stand out at the "Zoolander 2" New York premiere.

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Creditors of Puerto Rico's sales tax authority, COFINA, on Wednesday proposed a counter-offer to Puerto Rico's Feb. 1 debt exchange proposal, under which they would extend maturities but not sustain the cuts to principal that Puerto Rico's original offer would entail.

BERLIN (Reuters) - George Clooney will be in town on Thursday when "Hail, Caesar!" opens the annual Berlin Film Festival, and Meryl Streep is the competition jury president, but the politically attuned showcase hopes to attract refugees as well as film fans this year.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A group of international investors and law firms are seeking compensation from Brazil's state-led oil company Petrobras under European law for losses allegedly suffered as the result of a giant price-fixing, bribery and political kickback scandal.

* Buys majority stake in U.S. M&A advisory firm (Updates with details, CEO comments)

An acquisition helped boost fourth-quarter profits by about a third at Charleston software maker Blackbaud Inc.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The head of the Kenyan athletics federation has dismissed claims by two banned athletes that he asked for money to reduce their doping suspensions, describing the allegation as a "fabrication".

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 10 (Reuters) - More than 60 people were killed by a twin suicide bomb attack at a camp in northern Nigeria for people displaced by an insurgency of the jihadist Boko Haram group, a military and emergency official said on Wednesday.

Suspended Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet has resigned.

LONDON (Reuters) - Porton Down, the British government center famous for its Cold War germ warfare research, said on Wednesday it was working hard to keep up with demand for Zika virus samples as scientists around the world scramble for them.

LONDON (Reuters) - Porton Down, the British government center famous for its Cold War germ warfare research, said on Wednesday it was working hard to keep up with demand for Zika virus samples as scientists around the world scramble for them.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Twice Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will be out of action for four weeks due to a leg injury, the Russian said on Wednesday.

Kicking off his campaign Wednesday for the South Carolina GOP presidential primary, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pitched himself as a candidate with "backbone" who was not beholden to opinion polls.

Kicking off the South Carolina leg of his presidential primary campaign Wednesday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pitched himself as a candidate with "backbone" who was not beholden to opinion polls.

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Argentine banks are gearing up for a potential lending boom that could push depressed private credit demand to a 16-year high, bolstered by the reforms undertaken by newly-elected President Mauricio Macri.

NASHUA, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president after failing to break out from a field in which non-traditional candidates are making strides.